Combined smoking stand and savings bank



March 1, 1955 B. G. DAVIES COMBINED SMOKING STAND AND SAVINGS BANK Filed Jan. 28, 1952 Benjamin 6. Davies INVENTOR.

. W W M United States Patent COMBINED SMOKING STAND AND SAVINGS BANK Benjamin G. Davies, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Application January 28, 1952, Serial No. 268,540

4 Claims. (Cl. 131-238) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined smoking stands and savings banks.

An important object of the invention is to provide a stand having a lower coin depository and an upper ash receiver, both being removable and the latter serving to secure the former in the stand.

Another object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise Well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on a line 7 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on a line 4-4 of Figure 3; and,

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on a line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration 1 have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates the stand generally and includes a flat base 6 to which the lower ends of a plurality of posts 7 are secured in an upright square-shaped arrangement by screws 8 to form a cage in which a lower transparent member which together with said base forms a tubular or jar-like coin receptacle 9 and an upper transparent jar-like ash receptacle 10 are enclosed.

The posts 7 pass vertically through a removable shelf 11 which closes the top of lower receptacle 9 and on which the bottom of upper receptacle 10 rests. A coin slot 12 is formed in shelf 11 by means of which coins may be deposited in coin receptacle 9.

A ring 13 is secured on top of posts 7 by screws 14 and a spider 15 is placed in a central counter-sunk portion in ring 13 to overlie the top of upper receptacle 10 and which also covers and conceals the screws 14. V- shaped cigarette holders 16 rise from spider 15 and the center of the spider is formed with a cigarette snufier 17. As seen in Fig. 2, the space on either side of the snulfer is open so that ashes etc. may be deposited into the receptacle 10 through the spider. Keyhole slots 18 are formed in the periphery of ring 13 adapted to receive the stem portion 19 of a smoking pipe 20 to suspend the bowl of the pipe from the ring.

The upper ash receptacle 10 may be removed from within the cage-like structure formed by the posts 7 by lifting spider 15 from ring 13 and after which shelf 11 may be slid upwardly on the posts to uncover the coin receptacle 9 which may then be emptied by tilting.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunc- 2,703,092 Patented Mar. 1, 1955 tion with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A smoking stand composed of a base, a plurality of spaced apart parallel rods rising from the base in a cagelike arrangement, an open ended tubular member positioned on the base to form a first receptacle therewith having an open top and enclosed by the rods, a shelf closing the top of the first receptacle and slidable on the rods, and a second receptacle having an open top positioned on top of the shelf and also enclosed by the rods.

2. A smoking stand composed of a base, a plurality of spaced apart parallel rods rising from the base in a cagelike arrangement, an open ended tubular member positioned on the base to form a first receptacle therewith having an open top and enclosed by the rods, a shelf closing the top of the first receptacle and slidable on the rods, said shelf having a slot therein for allowing the insertion of articles into the first receptacle, a second receptacle having an open top positioned on top of the shelf and also enclosed by the rods, and a cap structure on top of the second receptacle and secured to the upper ends of said rods.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said cap structure comprises a ring secured by screws to the rods and having slots in its periphery adapted to receive the stem portions of smoking pipes to support the pipes in a suspended position, and a spider counter-sunk in the ring and covering the screws, said spider including cigarette holding members for supporting cigarettes on the cap structure.

4. A smoking stand comprising a base, a plurality of circumferentially spaced parallel rods rising from the base and forming a cage, a first receptacle having an open top seated on said base and enclosed by said rods, a shelf slidably disposed on said rods and closing the upper end of said first receptacle, a second receptacle having an open top positioned on top of said shelf and enclosed by said rods and pipe retaining means secured to the upper end of said rods and surrounding the upper end of said second receptacle whereby upward sliding movement of the shelf projects the upper end portion of the second receptacle above the pipe retaining means and provides access to the first receptacle.

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